Companion Notes for "Five Vital Approaches to Practicing" Zoom Session 1

You Become What You Practice!

It's true! This phrase started in the health movement (probably many decades or centuries ago) with the saying "You become what you eat." Obviously this was referring to our physical health and well being or lack thereof. We do all know how we feel after eating certain foods. I might love dairy and sweets, but afterwards I pay a price. That price has a profound effect on my physical and mental well being. Some foods, for certain people, can fog up their thinking while other foods aid with clear thought processes. So that is at the physical or first overlay for those who are a bit familiar with the Overlay System that I talk about frequently.

Subsequently, the phrase "You become what you think about" speaks about our mental food, our thought and thinking processes that occur on a regular basis. This is part of the second overlay in the Overlay System. Consider our attitudes and how they govern aspects of our thinking and their effects on the quality of our actions, positive or negative in our daily life. This can be more harmful than physical food in terms of its impact on how we approach anything.

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Then, to take a glimpse into the third overlay of the Overlay System, "You become what you are truly governed by." This means your true genuineness in motives and principles. This can be looked at from the wise saying: "it is not what you do, it is the reason why you do it" that determines the motivational quality of what literally drives you.

My hope is that this post will show a sense of how to open up a territory and make it come more multi-dimensional. You become what you practice is so true because like eating or thinking, what we do with our time is what we become as people and of course artists.

Time is the most valuable commodity a person has. It is a period of time (space) that will fill our life. What is our life?? So putting this thought into our musical artistic journey, it becomes easier to feel what moves us to do what we do. Quality process is what will determine the quality of essence in our Art.

More on this next week when we look into you become WHY you practice. A good question to ask! Why do I practice???